Tired of Feeding/watering schedule

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Psyphish

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PopAndSonGrows said:
Aren't blumats just full-on gravity-fed mini reservoirs in each pot? I mean, it's "doable" there's always options for ANY setup
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Where would you place the reservoir in this setup? My tent is 80x60x70cm. It's easier to just water by hand than fill a tiny-ass reservoir twice a day.

 
bam0813

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I hoping he means his clock when hes doing all this “ labor “ and not his plants night time
 
Onextremebuzz

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Psyphish said:
Where would you place the reservoir in this setup? My tent is 80x60x70cm. It's easier to just water by hand than fill a tiny-ass reservoir twice a day.

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Confined space is the way to go tho especially if you can seal it and add co2 and stay in perfect temperature and humidity ranges only thing that could possibly make it better is a chilled rdwc system.
 
Tolerance Break

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Got put on overtime in the last 3 weeks of flower. Ended up chopping a couple weeks early to save myself the struggle.

Luckily the temps have been so low that the veg tent is growing in slow motion, it helps that they're only a few weeks old.

If you're losing the love, then maybe it's time for a break? Unless you have some primo genetics you're preserving, that's a much more difficult situation.
 
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Tolerance Break said:
Got put on overtime in the last 3 weeks of flower. Ended up chopping a couple weeks early to save myself the struggle.

Luckily the temps have been so low that the veg tent is growing in slow motion, it helps that they're only a few weeks old.

If you're losing the love, then maybe it's time for a break? Unless you have some primo genetics you're preserving, that's a much more difficult situation.
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Same deal, work schedule makes it seem like I'm just rushed. Hard to take my time and relax while watering.
These 6 gallon octopots.... I'm loving them tho
 
weedstoner420

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DonClaude420 said:
Same deal, work schedule makes it seem like I'm just rushed. Hard to take my time and relax while watering.
These 6 gallon octopots.... I'm loving them tho
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How many do you have? And how often do you need to fill them?

Also are you using organic soil with dry fertilizer? Or coco/peat that you have to put liquid nutes in the reservoir?
 
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DonClaude420

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weedstoner420 said:
How many do you have? And how often do you need to fill them?

Also are you using organic soil with dry fertilizer? Or coco/peat that you have to put liquid nutes in the reservoir?

I'm running a couple. Slowly switching over.
Its a 6 gallon reservoir, but ill add maybe a gallon every day or 2 tops during flower
I have peat/coco/perlite.
With some organic soil mixed in to feed in the beginning.
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weedstoner420

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DonClaude420 said:
I'm running a couple. Slowly switching over.
Its a 6 gallon reservoir, but ill add maybe a gallon every day or 2 tops during flower
I have peat/coco/perlite.
With some organic soil mixed in to feed in the beginning.
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Gotcha. That's a pretty huge reservoir, I don't think you should have to fill it that often. At least in the SIPs I'm using, I don't notice much difference in the soil saturation between when the reservoir is full vs nearly empty, so I let it get pretty low before refilling.

I'm also using plain water in the reservoir, which simplifies things. 6 gallons might be a bit small for a water-only grow, but you could try upgrading to the 12-gallon sleeves and using an all-purpose dry fert (Gaia/Espoma/Dr Earth, etc), so there's enough food in the soil to last a whole grow cycle. Water only + SIPs is super easy, it's literally like watching grass grow ;)
 
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DonClaude420

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weedstoner420 said:
Gotcha. That's a pretty huge reservoir, I don't think you should have to fill it that often. At least in the SIPs I'm using, I don't notice much difference in the soil saturation between when the reservoir is full vs nearly empty, so I let it get pretty low before refilling.

I'm also using plain water in the reservoir, which simplifies things. 6 gallons might be a bit small for a water-only grow, but you could try upgrading to the 12-gallon sleeves and using an all-purpose dry fert (Gaia/Espoma/Dr Earth, etc), so there's enough food in the soil to last a whole grow cycle. Water only + SIPs is super easy, it's literally like watching grass grow ;)
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Yessir, they recommend different water levels for each stage. 12 gallons would probably be a bit much for me.
I'm only keeping it full during mid flower.
Haven't ran Into any issues yet. Seems flawless so far
 
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